Chapter 50: Proud Daughter of Heaven
Skull Mountain market, within the Blood-Clad Tower.
Lu Yang had just withdrawn his mind from the Myriad Spirits Banner when suddenly his vision darkened, and his spiritual platform felt clouded. He frowned slightly and looked toward the distant sky.
In the next second, he rode a streak of light to the edge of the market.
He saw a streak of brilliant light shooting from the horizon, swift as fire chasing lightning. It only restrained itself upon reaching the gate of the market, revealing a tall, valiant, and heroic woman.
“…So it is a Daoist friend from the Sword Pavilion.”
Lu Yang had also practiced the [True Art of Divine Lightning Sword Control], so he recognized the visitor’s background at a glance. He immediately cupped his hands and bowed, “I am Lu Yang. May I ask for your name, Fellow Daoist?”
“Jade Pivot, Yun Miaozhen.”
As soon as these words came out, Lu Yang instantly narrowed his eyes. After all, Yun Miaozhen and Yun Miaoqing—two names so similar were simply too easy to associate.
“Is Fellow Daoist here to bring back a fellow disciple?”
Thinking of this, Lu Yang did not hesitate at all. With a casual wave of his hand, he grabbed Yun Miaoqing directly from the Blood-Clad Tower and threw her in front of Yun Miaozhen.
“Miss Miaoqing has not suffered any grievances in the Saint Sect. Although she is my servant in name, I have not bullied or humiliated her over the years, so she is still a chaste virgin. If Fellow Daoist wishes to take her back, please feel free to do so. My cultivation is shallow, so I will not leave the formation to see you off.”
In Lu Yang’s view, he had no enmity with the Sword Pavilion.
After all, he not only saved Yun Miaoqing’s life but also preserved her purity. As the leader of the Orthodox Path, the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion shouldn’t make things difficult for him, no matter how one looked at it.
However, he soon realized he was wrong.
“Miaoqing… is still a chaste virgin?”
Yun Miaozhen lowered her beautiful eyes, her gaze falling on Yun Miaoqing. Yet, not only was there not a trace of joy, but she even revealed a bit of disdain and helplessness.
In the next second, she sighed deeply:
“What a pity! Miaoqing, you won’t be able to pass this tribulation.”
As her voice fell, let alone Lu Yang, even Yun Miaoqing was stunned after hearing it, her face full of disbelief. “Sister… what do you mean by this?”
“You are not a True Disciple, so you don’t understand.”
Yun Miaozhen shook her head. “Your fortune is thin, and your innate fate is insufficient, yet you forcefully seek immortal destiny. Originally, you would have faced Three Disasters and Nine Tribulations. If you failed to pass even one, you would immediately perish and your Dao would vanish. Therefore, back then, I specifically begged Master to merge your Three Disasters and Nine Tribulations into a single ten-year Great Tribulation.”
“This ten-year Great Tribulation was your ten years trapped in the Demonic Sect.”
“During these ten years, if you had suffered endless humiliation, with a single vermilion lip tasted by ten thousand people, yet still maintained a firm Dao heart and unswerving will, this tribulation would be considered passed.”
“What a pity… you are actually still a chaste virgin!”
“A chaste virgin who hasn’t suffered humiliation means the tribulation naturally hasn’t been reduced in the slightest, and might even be aggravated!”
Speaking of this, Yun Miaozhen looked at Lu Yang, her eyes revealing killing intent. “This demon ruined your cultivation. He seems benevolent, but in reality, he harbors malicious intentions. He should be executed!”
“…”
Lu Yang had to admit, he was dumbfounded listening to this.
Yun Miaoqing found it completely unacceptable, her lips trembling. “So, the reason I fell into the hands of the Demonic Sect back then and became a slave of the Demonic Sect…”
“Naturally, I planned it all single-handedly.”
Yun Miaozhen nodded. “Without doing this, you would have no hope of Foundation Establishment in this life. You are my full sister; naturally, I must plan for you. This was also for your own good.”
Hearing this, Lu Yang was rendered speechless.
Fuck your mother, the Orthodox Path has crazy women!
If Lu Yang previously had some yearning for the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion, this world-renowned leader of the Orthodox Path, now he had absolutely no such thoughts.
Better to stay in the Saint Sect.
The disciples of the Saint Sect are all talents— I love it here!
“Let’s go, return with me.”
On the other side, Yun Miaozhen paid no attention to Lu Yang and Yun Miaoqing’s expressions. She said loudly, “I will think of another way for you to pass this Great Tribulation…”
“I won’t!”
Facing Yun Miaozhen’s persuasion, Yun Miaoqing subconsciously took a step back, looking at her full sister as if looking at a stranger.
After all, she could never have imagined that the experience of falling into the hands of the Demonic Sect ten years ago, which had nearly driven her to despair, was actually the handiwork of her own full sister. If she hadn’t met Lu Yang and preserved her life and purity, perhaps she would have already been refined into medicine dregs and died in some corner!
“…Be obedient.”
Seeing Yun Miaoqing’s attitude, Yun Miaozhen frowned slightly. “You do not practice Great Divine Abilities, nor do you understand karma. Naturally, it is difficult for you to understand my painstaking efforts.”
“…Painstaking efforts?”
Yun Miaoqing took another step back, her tone filled with hate. “Setting up a trap to throw me into the Demonic Sect, letting me be humiliated by anyone—these are your painstaking efforts for me?”
“I am conforming to karma and enforcing justice on behalf of Heaven. When you achieve success in the Immortal Dao in the future, you will naturally thank me.”
Yun Miaozhen’s tone was flat. In her view, there was nothing inappropriate about her actions. Everything was justified and arranged by karma and fate.
Seeing that Yun Miaoqing wanted to argue further, she simply waved her hand. A streak of brilliant light wrapped around Yun Miaoqing, knocking her unconscious before casually tossing her aside.
“When words do not agree, half a sentence is too much. I will not argue with you about this now.”
Having done all this, she looked at Lu Yang again.
“Why is Fellow Daoist Yun looking at me?” Lu Yang raised his eyebrows.
Yun Miaozhen looked over with her beautiful eyes, her expression indifferent, and said only one sentence: “You deliberately ruined Miaoqing’s cultivation. I wish to borrow something from you as compensation.”
Hearing this, Lu Yang laughed loudly. “You don’t mean to borrow this fine head of mine, do you?”
His words were full of mockery.
Yun Miaozhen nodded slightly, not annoyed. She only narrowed her phoenix eyes, revealing a grim killing intent. “It’s fine if you are unwilling. Then don’t blame me for eliminating demons to defend the Dao.”
After speaking, she raised her pale hand!
In an instant, a clear light illuminated the surrounding ten li. It was a crystal-clear mystic sword, its blade reflecting the ten li of mountains and rivers…
“Do you really think I’m afraid of you?”
Lu Yang laughed proudly, then turned and leaped, instantly turning into brilliant light to hide within the market. The [Hundred-Bones Restoration Grand Formation] and the Sword Formation Diagram activated instantly.
The dragon hides in the abyss; who can kill me?
Seeing this, Yun Miaozhen gave a cold smile. without hesitation, a streak of light rose into the air, crashing directly through the great formation and rushing into the market!
In an instant, countless gazes from inside and outside the market were cast over.
After all, with Ouyang Haoze’s example, everyone knew that the Master of the Blood-Clad Tower was a Grade 9 Formation Master. Sitting within the great formation, he was innately undefeated.
Under these circumstances, where did Yun Miaozhen get the confidence to dare barge into the market alone?
Almost simultaneously, several figures appeared outside the market, including the Divine Martial Sect Elder Ouyang Feng and the Three Rivers Society’s Second Senior Brother Luo Wuya.
However, the expressions of these two Great Perfection of Qi Refining cultivators were quite grave at this moment.
And their gazes were focused on another direction of the market, on the plain-looking middle-aged man who had arrived with Yun Miaozhen.
“‘Taiyi Sword’ Yun Zhiqiu?”
Luo Wuya’s face was solemn; he was clearly no stranger to the middle-aged man. “Skull Mountain is not in your Jiangnan. The Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion is meddling too widely.”
Yun Zhiqiu chuckled lightly. “My Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion only cares about protecting the Orthodox Path. And the Orthodox Path has no geographical distinctions.”
“Arrogant!”
Luo Wuya laughed in anger at these words. “You’d better pray that your Little Junior Sister can come out alive first.”
Hearing this, Yun Zhiqiu glanced at Lu Yang and Yun Miaozhen, then shook his head. “Ultimately, it is the Demonic Sect; they only know these unpresentable means.”
“However, how can unorthodox paths rival my Orthodox Divine Abilities?”
Before his voice fell, Yun Miaozhen inside the market pinched a seal and pointed. The Crystal Mystic Sword she had sacrificed instantly bloomed with dazzling brilliance.
“That is…”
Seeing this scene, Luo Wuya and Ouyang Feng seemed to think of something, their faces changing drastically. “Heaven-Escaping Sword!? This woman actually possesses such a heavy treasure?”
In the next second, sword light covered heaven and earth.
Lu Yang activated the formation, but whether it was the [Hundred-Bones Restoration Grand Formation] or the [Heavenly River Massacre Sword Formation Diagram], they were both penetrated by that sword light as if they didn’t exist.
Boom!
When the sword light dissipated, only the two great formations were left operating in the market, but the formations were empty of people. Only a Crystal Mystic Sword hung high in the sky!
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